"Clickers" is in heavy rotation with the younger guys...they're always in a hurry.
Of all the clickers by the 'name' manufacturers that I have tried, the Hardy's were the weakest and some of them known to disengage on fast runs. I think the gear is too small on some of them.
You are obviously too close.
So here's some silent clicky looking reels from the 1930s. Poacher's reels.
This one was made for Farlow by Young.
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This one was made for Hamlin by Young.
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Here something you may not have seen, magnetic drag by Johnson.
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You’ve got some real beauties!
I have a couple of Dingley reels with that same split ring “Poacher” silent drag. I think it’s known as the Straun patent.